In re AGRIBIOTECH, INC., a Nevada corporation, Chapter 11, Debtor, Affects All Debtors AGRIBIOTECH CANADA, INC., a Canadian corporation, LAS VEGAS FERTILIZER CO., INC., a Nevada corporation, GARDEN WEST DISTRIBUTORS, INC., an Arizona corporation, GEO. W. HILL CO., INC., a Kentucky corporation.

Bankruptcy No. BK-S-00-10533-LBR (AgriBioTech, Inc.) Jointly Administered With: No. BK-S-00-10534-LBR (AgriBioTech Canada, Inc.), No. BK-S-00-10535-LBR (Las Vegas Fertilizer Co., Inc.), No. BK-S-00-10536-LBR (Garden West Distributors, Inc.), No. BK-S-00-10537-LBR (Geo. W. Hill Co., Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada
October 9, 2001

WILLIAM P. WEINTRAUB, ESQ., DAVID M. BERTENTHAL, ESQ., MALHAR S. PAGAY, ESQ., PACHULSKI, STANG, ZIEHL, YOUNG JONES, P.C., San Francisco, California.

JAMES PATRICK SHEA, ESQ., CANDACE C. CARLYON, ESQ., SHEA CARLYON, LTD., Las Vegas, Nevada, Attorneys for Anthony H.N. Schnelling, Creditor Trustee.

ORDER RE: CREDITOR TRUSTEE’S OBJECTIONS TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEE CLAIMS (SET FIVE)
LINDA B. RIEGLE, United States Bankruptcy Judge

The Court, having reviewed the Objections of Creditor Trustee toCertain Employee Claims (Set Five) (the “Objections”) and the Notice ofCreditor Trustee Objections to Certain Employee Claims (Set Five)
addressed to each claimant whose claim is the subject of the Objections; having determined that notice of the Objections was proper and appropriate under the circumstances; and having conducted a hearing regarding the Objections on September 12, 2001, at 9:30 a.m.;[1] Malhar S. Pagay of Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young Jones P.C. appeared on behalf of the Creditor Trustee. Other appearances were made as set forth in the record of these proceedings; and having considered the Objections, all pleadings filed in connection therewith, any responses to the Objections, and the arguments of counsel, and good cause appearing therefor,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that, with respect to each claim identified in the Objections, the Objections are sustained, overruled or continued as set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto.

[EDITORS’ NOTE: EXHIBIT ”A” IS ELECTRONICALLY NON-TRANSFERRABLE.]
[1] Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings set forth in the Objections.